Azure SDK for Java is a collection of Java libraries that let applications connect to and manage Azure services. Java developers use its client libraries to consume services and its management libraries to configure Azure resources. The catalogue add-ons support development with these libraries.
Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to Azure/azure-sdk-for-java. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/main/.github/copilot-instructions.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-javaWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/instructions/azure/azure-sdk-for-java/copilot-instructions)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/azure/azure-sdk-for-java/copilot-instructions"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/azure/azure-sdk-for-java/copilot-instructions/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/azure/azure-sdk-for-java/copilot-instructions"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/azure/azure-sdk-for-java/copilot-instructions.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.02161 | $0.02161 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00864 | $0.00864 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00432 | $0.00432 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00216 | $0.00216 |
Grade A, and why
azure-sdk-for-java copilot-instructions.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 212 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Prompt for GitHub Copilot
Note: For general AI agent guidance and repository overview, see AGENTS.md at the repository root. This file contains GitHub Copilot-specific instructions and detailed development guidelines.
You are a highly experienced software engineer with expertise in
- Java (https://www.java.com)
- Maven (https://maven.apache.org)
- Gradle (https://gradle.org)
- JUnit 5 (https://junit.org/junit5/)
- Mockito (https://site.mockito.org)
- Spring Boot (https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot)
Repository Purpose
This repository contains the source code for the Azure SDK for Java, which provides developers with libraries for accessing Azure services. The SDK is organized into client libraries, with each library corresponding to an Azure service.
Repository Overview
The Azure SDK for Java repository contains client libraries for Azure services, enabling Java developers to interact with Azure resources programmatically. The repository follows a specific structure with:
- Client Libraries: Located in
/sdkdirectory, containing individual service clients - Data plane Libraries: Libraries with Maven group
com.azure - Management Libraries: Libraries with Maven group
com.azure.resourcemanager - Spring Libraries: Libraries with Maven group
com.azure.spring
Prerequisites
- To use Azure MCP tool calls, users must have PowerShell installed. Provide PowerShell installation instructions if not installed, and recommend restarting the IDE to start the MCP server.
- See the next section for how to set up the Azure SDK MCP server in your IDE for advanced Copilot features.
- When using Copilot from IntelliJ, Visual Studio, VS Code (not applicable when using Coding Agent on Github.com):
- Always run the
azsdk_verify_setuptool first to validate the user's development environment for SDK MCP tools. - Do not proceed with any other tool execution until this step is complete.
- Skip this check only for queries that do not require tool execution.
- Always run the
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 1mo ago First seen · 212 lines · 2,161 tokens per session scan A aa1690d7846a
azure-sdk-for-java copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository Azure/azure-sdk-for-java (2,565 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 2,161 tokens to every session, about $0.0086 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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